Ministry of Home Affairs
The President conferred Padma Bhushan to Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla in field of Trade & Industry and Smt. Suman Kalyanpur in field of Art
The President also conferred Padma Shri to Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate in field of Social Work, Shri Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala  in field of Trade & Industry, Dr. Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande and Shri Ramesh Raghunath Patange in field of Literature & Education
22 March 2023
The President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu conferred Padma Bhushan to Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla in field of Trade & Industry and Smt. Suman Kalyanpur in field of Art. The President also conferred Padma Shri to Shri Bhiku Ramji Idate in field of Social Work, Shri Rakesh Radheyshyam Jhunjhunwala  in field of Trade & Industry, Dr. Prabhakar Bhanudas Mande and Shri Ramesh Raghunath Patange in field of Literature & Education.
A brief citation about the life and work of awardees is given below-
1) Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla has been conferred Padma Bhushan in field of Trade & Industry.
Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the venerable Indian multinational, Aditya Birla Group. The Group’s legacy dates to over a century and it was the first Indian business group to venture abroad. Today, the Group is present in 36 countries with turnover around $60 Billion.
Born on 14th June, 1967, Shri Birla chairs the Boards of all major Group companies, in India and globally. In the 27+ years that he has been at the helm of the Group, he has accelerated growth, and raised the Group’s turnover by 30 times. He has been the architect of over 40 acquisitions, in India and globally, among the highest by any Indian multinational.
Under the stewardship of Shri Birla, the Aditya Birla Group enjoys a position of leadership in all the major sectors in which it operates, from cement to chemicals, metals to textiles, and apparels to financial services. Over the years, he has built a highly successful meritocratic organisation, anchored by an extraordinary force of 140,000 employees, belonging to over 100 nationalities.
Outside the Group, Shri Birla has held several key positions on various regulatory and professional Boards. He was a Director on the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India. He was also the first industry nominee on the Board of Securities and Exchange Board of India . As the Chairman of SEBI Committee on Corporate Governance, he framed the first-ever Governance Code for Corporate India. He was Chairman of the Advisory Committee constituted by the Ministry of Company Affairs, and also served on the Prime Minister of India’s Advisory Council on Trade & Industry. He is also the first Indian Industrialist to be conferred an Honorary degree by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India .
Shri Birla is deeply engaged with Educational Institutions. He is the Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science  with campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, and Dubai. He has been the Chairman of India’s premier management institute - Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. On the global arena, he is an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School. In 2019, he constituted a £15 million scholarship programme at the London Business School in memory of his grandfather, Shri B.K. Birla. This scholarship is awarded to 10 students every year, five of which is reserved for Indian students.
Shri Birla has been conferred several prestigious awards. He was the first Indian Industrialist to receive the TiE Global Entrepreneurship Award for Business Transformation in 2021. He received ABLF Global Asian Award in 2019. He has also received the Business Leader of the Year Award twice at the Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence. In addition, he has received several awards and honours from leading institutions like EY, Forbes, CNBC, CNN-Newsl8 etc.